[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2285 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2285

To amend the War Powers Resolution to require the President to develop 
  a post-deployment strategy when introducing the United States Armed 
            Forces into hostilities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2011

   Mr. Hastings of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the War Powers Resolution to require the President to develop 
  a post-deployment strategy when introducing the United States Armed 
            Forces into hostilities, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Post-deployment Strategy Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF POST-DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY.

    (a) Purpose and Policy.--Section 2(a) of the War Powers Resolution 
(50 U.S.C. 1541(a)) is amended by striking ``circumstances, and to the 
continued use of such forces in hostilities or in such situations'' and 
inserting ``circumstances, to the continued use of such forces in 
hostilities or in such situations, and to the post-deployment strategy 
described in section 8(d).''.
    (b) Reporting.--Section 4(a) of the War Powers Resolution (50 
U.S.C. 1543(a)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C) by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding after subparagraph (C) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(D) the post-deployment strategy described in 
                section 8(d).''.
    (c) Interpretation of Joint Resolution.--Section 8 of the War 
Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1547) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(d) For purposes of this joint resolution, the term `post-
deployment strategy' means a clear plan of action that--
            ``(1) articulates the interests of the United States at 
        stake;
            ``(2) defines the policy objectives of the United States 
        with respect to such introduction;
            ``(3) lays out a strategy for achieving the policy 
        objectives referred to in paragraph (2); and
            ``(4) includes a plan for withdrawal of United States Armed 
        Forces from such hostilities or such situations based on the 
        achievement of the policy objectives referred to in paragraph 
        (2).''.
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